Max protagonist in any case
For better or worse Max Verstappen always manages to be a protagonist. In Miami he more than anyone else animated the race, with great overtakes but also with a mistake made in the phases immediately after the start that inevitably affected his entire race. The Red Bull superstar in fact spun in the ‘S’ between turn 2 and turn 3, ending up spinning in the middle of the group and managing – with a maneuver worthy of his talent – to avoid both the wall and the other cars.
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A miracle that however does not erase the previous mistake and forced Verstappen himself and the Red Bull pit wall to play a strategic joker: a very early pit stop during the seventh lap taking advantage of the Safety Car’s entry. The plan worked and #3 even found himself leading the race at one point, also thanks to his speed in overtaking the other cars ahead of him after the stop. But then tire wear caught up and Verstappen crossed the finish line in fifth position, also benefiting from the problems Leclerc had during the last lap.
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Admission of guilt
“The spin at the start? I simply lost the rear at turn 2 – Verstappen honestly admitted to the French TV Canal+, acknowledging his mistake – at that point I tried to stay away from the wall and complete my 360°. This mistake complicated things, but from that moment I managed to come back. Then we decided to switch to hard tires quite early. We knew it would be a very long race to reach the end and in the last laps we simply ran out of tires. Duels with many drivers? I tried to do my best. But unfortunately it was too difficult to keep them behind”, Verstappen concluded.
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